Chandigarh: With civic polls approaching in seven urban bodies, Mahila Congress leaders on Sunday attacked the BJP over women’s representation in local elections.Mahila Congress national president Alka Lamba and Haryana unit chief Pearl Chaudhary raised the issue while addressing the media after Chaudhary formally took charge.Lamba claimed the Congress had fielded women candidates in five…
Kullu: A recent Supreme Court order mandating strict land-use restrictions along national highways has triggered concern across Himachal Pradesh.Activists are warning of widespread livelihood disruptions, and have urged the Himachal Pradesh govt to file a review petition.The order, issued by a bench of Justice J K Maheshwari and Justice Atul S Chandurkar on April 13,…
Shimla: The district administration has decided to suspend traffic for 2.5 hours daily on the Aut-Banjar stretch of the NH-305 in Kullu due to the ongoing road repair works.Banjar sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Pankaj Sharma stated that vehicles would not be allowed on the highway between 12 pm and 2:30 pm, except for emergency services, to…
Chandigarh: BJP’s internal strife after Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma allegedly used a slur to describe members of the influential Bishnoi political dynasty has derailed the party’s campaign for Haryana’s civic elections.Supporters of senior state BJP member Kuldeep Bishnoi have filed 14 criminal complaints across Haryana, accusing Sharma of referring to former chief minister Bhajan…
Shimla: After “Kinnaur” was wrongly translated as “transgender” in a Class 6 textbook, the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education on Sunday said it would issue a corrigendum to correct the error.In the English version of Folk Culture of Himachal and Yoga, district Kinnaur was incorrectly translated, while the Hindi version carried the correct name.Board…
Kullu: Twenty-six of the 28 passengers were injured on Sunday morning when a private bus overturned in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district after the driver reportedly suffered a heart attack at the wheel.The bus was heading from Chamba to Una when it flipped near Nyazpur around 11am. Passengers reported the driver had lost consciousness and collapsed…
Shimla: The mercury remained below normal across Himachal Pradesh as light to moderate rain lashed several parts of the state on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Meteorological Centre, Shimla, issued an orange alert for thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds in parts of the state on May 4 and 5, with light to moderate rainfall also likely during…
Rohtak: Breaking barriers and defying odds, 18-year-old Neha Siwach, daughter of a farmer from Jhajjar, has secured All India Rank 14 among women candidates in the NDA 2025 final merit list, bringing pride to Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU).A BSc Mathematics (Hons) student and NCC cadet of the 2nd Haryana Girls Battalion, Neha completed her schooling…
Rewari: The discovery of a 20-year-old woman’s body in her marital home just three months after her wedding has set off a police investigation against five people.Pramila of Lalpura village was found dead on Saturday at the house of her husband, Dharmender, at Lukhi. While her in-laws claimed initially that it was a suicide, her…
Chandigarh/New Delhi: A day after reports of two FIRs under non-bailable sections in Punjab, Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak on Sunday addressed a press conference in Delhi, saying he had no “official or unofficial information” about any such cases.Pathak said he had been waiting for a copy of the FIRs to respond. “Since yesterday, there…
